1852 Chinese Proverbs / Page 34
- 331. Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.
 - 332. Better the cold blast of winter than the hot breath of a pursuing elephant.
- 333. Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.
- 334. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
- 335. Better to be a dog in peacetime that a man in wartime.
- 336. Better to be the beak of a chicken than the rump of an ox.
- 337. Better to do a kindness near home than go far away to burn incense.
- 338. Better to drink the weak tea of a friend than the sweet wine of an enemy.
- 339. Better to learn one thing well than to know ten superficially.
- 340. Better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness.
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